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CAD for MRI firm Confirma announced a new agreement wih GE Healthcare. CADstream customers who purchased through GE Healthcare will now receive customer service directly from Confirma. Confirma, pioneer in application-specific CAD for MRI, announced today that Confirma and GE Healthcare, the $17bn global leader in medical imaging and information systems, have expanded their strategic partnership to offer Confirma service to GE Healthcare customers with CADstream. Under the new agreement, Confirma will offer program consultation, experienced applications training, customizable educational courses, and marketing and reimbursement consultation to GE Healthcare customers with CADstream, the standard in CAD for breast MRI.

Since July 2004, Confirma and GE Healthcare have partnered to bring the industry’s leading MRI technologies for breast cancer detection to healthcare providers. Under the agreement, GE Healthcare will continue to distribute CADstream to its MRI customers while Confirma will install, train and support CADstream. The expandedrelationship marks significant progress in their mutual goal to advance MRI technology for breast cancerdetection. Currently, over 200 CADstream systems have been installed at GE Healthcare customer sites worldwide.

"As physicians begin to offer breast MRI to their patients, there is increasing demand for a truly complete solution. In addition to providing excellent imaging and intervention capabilities, productive workflow and interpretation efficiency are critical to a complete offering. CADstream has been a key component of our solution for the past several years,” said David Handler, General Manager, MR Global Marketing, GE Healthcare. "We look forward to continuing to advance breast MRI together under the new arrangement."

"This amendment demonstrates our commitment to GE Healthcare and its customers," said Wayne Wager,President and CEO, Confirma. "We will offer customers expertise and support that continue to improve confidence in breast MRI.